Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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